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APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1905.

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25 is a section on line-zz of'Fig. 3. detail view of one of the holding disks show- UNITED sTArns arana. orirnon ANTON MILL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE FETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, OF

CINCINNATI, OHIC, A OR PORATIC N OF OHIO.

No. 923,552. g

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ANTON MILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, 5. have invented certain new and. useful ilmprover'nents in Tube-Machines, of which the following-is a full, correct, and exact speci 'ficationr" .1

- This invention relates in general to tube machines, but more especiall 'to the class of machines designed. to cut tu es into desired len hs.

he-invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth-and claimed, and shown in the ac- "com anying drawings illustrating an exam e ofthe invention. y

n the said drawin s,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mac ine; Fig. -2 is a top plan-view." Fig. 3 is a rear view showin the cutting mechanism. Fig. 4 is a longitu inal "section on line x-x of Fig.' 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 Fig; 7 is a ing the tubes in position to be cut. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail of the cutter frame opersting-mechanism. Fig. 9 a detail of the ad- "justable bearings carried by the cutter frame. Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail view of one of the ejecting and inserting fingers. Fig'll is a 'detai-f of the mandrel locking device. Figs. 12, 13and'14 are enlarged detail and i sectional views of theoperating pawl. Fig.

"15 is a detail of the operatin 'awl camv Fig. 16 is an enlargeddetail of t e locking cams .Fig. 17' is an enlarged detail of the gears foroperating the cams. Fig. 18 is'a 40 top-plan'v1ew ofthe assembled cams and "gearsu Fig. 19, is an enlarged detail section of the cutters; and Fig. 20 is a view of the tube mandrel. "Referring more particularly to the drawings, like reference characters designate similar-parts throughout the severalaviews. ,,The numeral 1-indicates a base for-the Ina-. chine,- supported by suitable legs or sup Secured'to the base are standards 5 and 6, and said standards are each provided in their 11' per ends-with a bearingi7 in which is secured a hollow axle 8, preferabl made in sections. .Loosely journaled on the axle 8..

Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationiiied September 25, 1

v Iatented June 1, 1909. 5015i "S eria1 No.279,65 7. adjacent to the standards 5 and 6, and preferably on the outside thereof, are sleevesor collars 9 and 10 and 11, andrigidly secured to these collars are gear wheels 12,. 13' and 14; said gearwhe'els being of the same'diame- "ter and adapted to move in unison, as here inafter set forth.

Carried by the inner end the collars or sleeves 9 and 10 are plates or disks 1.5 and 16, of equal diameter, 'and said plates or disks are each provided with recesses or notches 17 in the peripher thereof, which are adapted to receive an hold the tubes tobe cut, as hereinafter set forth.

Secured also to the collar or sleeve 9, and adjacent to the notched or recessed disk 15',

a retaining or holding disk -18, which is provided in its body. portion, near its periphcry, with a plurality of transverse cavities or sockets 19, and said sockets 19 are equal in number to the recesses or notches 17 of the disks or plates 15, and 16. E

The disks 15 and 18 are both-rigidly se cured to the sleeve 9 in such a position that the notches or recesses 17 in the disk 15 register with the-sockets or cavities 19 of the disk 18. v T

Carried A, by the sleeve 10 is a mandrel holder and guide 26 which is provided with a plurality of transverse apertures 21 through which the mandrels operate. These aper- -tures 21- are equal in number to notches or recesses 17 efithedisks 1'5 and 16 and one aperture is adapted to register with each of the notches or recesses 17 of thesaid disks 15 and 16. 'The mandrel holder being firmly secured in position'so that the apertures therein always I maintain the same relative position in relation to the recesses of .the v disk wheels 15-and 16, rigidly carried by the sleeve or-collar 11 is a second "retaining or holding disk 22, and said disk or member is also provided with'a plurality ofsockets or cavities .23, so arranged that they always standin true alinernent with the apertures 21 of the, mandrel holder and carrier. '20, the notchesor recesses 17 of the disks 15 and 16 andt'he sockets or cavities 19 of the disk 18.

arrangement permits of the ready insertion andextraction of the mandrels into "the tubes carried by thenotches or recesses 17 of "Zhedisks 155 and 16, without interfering with ihe mere fully set forthfl.

It will be seen that in order to accomplish the desired result the several disks and holders 15, 16, 18, 20 and 22 must move in unisonand at the same rate of speed. For this -or collars 9, 10 and 11, loosely mounted on the axles 8.

. cient to give the disks or wheels 15 and 16 Intermediate the gears 25 and '26 and secured to the shaft 24, adjacent the disks or tension of sai wheels 15 and 16, is a drum 27 which is provided in its periphery with a plurality of pockets or receptacles 28, which are adapted to receive the tubes to be cut, from a hopper, and deliver them into the notches or recesses 17, as hereinafter set forth. v To the sleeve 9 and in any'desired manner is secured a ratchet or operating wheel 29,

and said wheel is provided in its periphery;

with a lurality of ratchet sockets 3.0, preferably our in number or of a number suffithe desired number of revolutions necessary to complete the cutting and discharging operation.

An arm 31 is loosely journaled on the axle- 8 adjacent the ratchet wheel 29 and extends beyond the periphery of said wheel. A plate 32, suitable in construction to'form a housing 33, is secured to the end of the arm in any desired manner, but preferably by the bolts 34. Within this housing is a reciprocatingratchet pawl or tooth 35. Resting against this pawl, within the housing and in such a manner as to revent displacement of the same is one end of a s 36. The 01311165 end Iof said s rin re era en ages a si ing p ate 37, v hic i s control ed bgyan adjusting screw 38 secured by the 'am nut 39 for adjusting the d s rin Said pawl is also provided with a rack or teeth 40 preferably ocated on one side thereof. Pivoted to the arm 31 by means of the pin or bearing 41 and in such a position as to engage the rack 40, is a segmental lever 42, which is provided with a reduced end or finger 43.

A retainin pawl 44, mounted in a housing 45, is secured to the framework adjacent to the rachet wheel 29 and out of the path of movement of the pawl 35, and said 'awl is provided with a series of teeth or rac 46.

A lever 47, mounted in suitable bearings 48, is secured to the frame, and said lever is provided on one end with an anti-friction roller or projection 49, and on its other end with a rack or segment 50.

An arm. 51 is carried by said lever and on the end of the arm is an anti-friction roller or projection 52, which is ada ted to be engaged by the reduced end or finger 43 of the segment 42, as willbe set forth. Intermediate the segmcntal end 50 of the lever 47 and the rack or toothed face of the retaining pawl 44 is pivoted, as at 53, in a bearing 54, a double segment 55 which is adapted to extract the pawl 44 from the sockets 30 of the ratchet wheel 29.

J ournaled in the framework of the machine is a shaft 56. And carried by said shaft is a crank wheel 57 which is provided with a cam groove 58 adapted to reccive'the projection or roller 49 carried by the arm 51 of the lever 47, and secured to the crank wheel, is

one ,end of a rod or bar 59,-t-he other end 60 of which is connected to the arm 31 carrying the operating pawl 35 for transmitting motion to the same from the shaft 56.

Carried by the frame work is a bracket 61 and sliding on said bracket is a table or supporting plate 62. Pivoted to said plate or table as at 63 by means of the bolts or pins.

'to which are saws or knives 69. On each of the cutter shafts 68 is a pulley 70 and mounted inthe framework 65 at any desired position are idler pulleys 71. A belt 72 driven by any desirable means, preferably a counter shaft (not shown), is adapted to en circle the pulleys on the cutter shafts and 'idlers for transmitting a rotary motion to the saws or cutters 69 and for taking up the slack'and causing the proper direction of rotation.

A lever 73 is pivoted in the bracket 61 which latter may be bifurcated as at 74 to form the necessary bearings 75 for the pin or bolt 76. One end of said lever is connected to the slidin plate of table 62 by means of the adjustable eyebolt or link 77 held in ip}?- \sition )y the pin 78 and jam nuts 79. :other end of the lever is provided with a projection or anti-friction pulley or roller 80, adapted to enter a cam groove 81 of the cam wheel 82 which is carried by the shaft 83 and driven by a gear wheel 84. A main driving shaft 85, carrying a driving pulley 86, and a car 87, is mounted in suitable bearings 88.

he gear 84, which is also carried by the shaft 83, meshes with a gear 90, carried by the shaft 56, the rotation of which, as will be seen, sets in motion the various cams carried by said shaft.

A bracket 91 is secured to the framework adjacent to the mandrel holder and guide 20, and mounted in said bracket are pulley wheels 92 preferably near the ends thereof, around teases a? '10 are mandrels98 which are'pro'vided in their-bodies with a plurality of circumfer- "ential grooves 99,3i'dapted to co'act with and receivethe cutters or saws 69. Secured to the endsf each m'andrels adjacent to engaged operated by the belt is a pulley 100. Each of-these pulleys 100-is provided with a circumferential groove 101, which is "adapte'd'toqzbe engaged-by a dog or'lever 102, 2opivo'ted to pport 103, as at 104, which "sup ort-is o' 'arriedbythe framework. Slidin within the axle 8 are rack-bars 105 and .16 and carriedf-by' said bars are inserting and ejecting 'fingers or projections 107 and 108, which are adapted to extend through "slots 8 in said axle. These fingers are provided with a projecting rib '109 and are preferably constructed in'the shape of a quadrant-and may be adjust-ably and removably secured to the rack bars 105 and 106, as at floand 111.

A transverse shaft 112, journa'led in the axle 8, is provided with a pinion 113, which engages the rack bars 105 and 106. 'If de sired, a bracket 114 may be secured to the axis 8 to support the shaft 112 and allow the same tobe extended the desired distance. A toothed segment 115 is pivoted as at 116 "to the framework oraxle 8 in such a posi- 4'0 tion 'asto engage and operate a second pinion 117; carried by the outer end of the shaft 112. Connected to and extending from the segment 115 is a rodor bar 118. the free end ofwhich is conneotedt-o 'a'pi'n 119, carried by ac'r'ank arm 120, mounted-on a stub shaft Carried by the shaft 56 is a gear wheel 122 which meshes with a gear 123 on a transverse shaft 124 s11 )ported in suitable bearings 125. To the hit of the crank arm 120 is secured a gear wheel 126, and also'carried-by the shaft 124, is asectionalormutilated gear 1.27, provided with teeth on one-half of its periphery only, the number of teeth corresponding to the number of teeth in the gear -wheel 126. Ad'isk wheel 128 is also carried by the shaft 124 and has a portion of its pe 'riphery cut away as at 129 to form a cam or extended surface 130. v This cam surface is 6'0 adapted to'enter andcoopera'te with a recessed or cut away portion 1310f the disk 132, mounted on the crank arm hub 120, and serves as'a means tolOc'kthesegment 115 during the interval in whichthe-saws are cutting the tubes.

An arm or projection 133 is "keyed to the crank arm hub 1.20 and is enga ed and operated by a proiection or a'ntiiictionroller 134. which 1s mounted in and carried byan arm or roje'ction 134, carried byi-the gear 127. T is pin or projection 184? stands dire'ctly inline with the pitch of the teeth of the gear 127 so as to give the gear 126 the same rate of circumference speed as theg'ear 127, before the gear teeth begin to mesh.

The saws 69 may be mounted on the shafts'68 in any desired manner but I have preferably shown a sleeve 128 keyed to the shaft and provided with a reduced screw threaded portion 129 which receives the saw, and 130 is a nut adapted to engage the threads and abut against the saws for holding them securely in position.

' The 0 eration of my machine briefly stated is as folibws,Before the machine is started the m'andrels'are inserted so that one end thereof will rest in the apertures21 of the mandrel carrier or holder 20 and the other 'inthe socket or cavity 23 of the disk 22. 'These being in position the tubes to be cut are fed in any desired manner into the pockets 28 in the drum 27. At this time motion being imparted to the cam plate 57 through the medium of the intermediate gears from the driving shaft 85 will cause the operating pawl 35 to beset in motion by means of the connecting bar or rod 59.

The pawl having engaged one of the notches 30 of the ratchet wheel29 will ad- I Vance the same one step, carrying the tubes which have been fed into the notches or recesses 17 of the disks 15 and 16 to the first position. The pawl will continue to move until the end 43 of the se' niental'lever 42 contacts with the roller on t e end of the arm 51 of the lever 47. Just as the pawl reaches this position the cam 58 will cause the lever 47 to be rocked withdrawing the aw] 35 and through the medium of the den le segment 55 seat the retaining pawl 44. Just as these tubes reach this position the shaft 56, by means of the gear 122 meshing with the gear 123, turns the shaft 124 which operates the segment andthis segment acting upon the pinion 117, carried by the shaft 112, will 115 cause the pinion 113 to move the racks. 106 and 105 in opposite directions, causing the finger 107, which engages the ends of the mandrels 98, to push said mandrcls forward, through the mandrel carrying disk 20, into the tubes and to such a position that the ends thereof will pass into and be -retained in the sockets or cavities 19 of the disk 18. On the end of each mandrel is a pulley withwhich a belt 93 engages, and is 125 given'motion from the pulley 131 in any desired manner.

Before the pulleys are brought into the path of the movement of the belt 93 themandrels are locked into position by dogs or 3 pawls 1.02 pivoted to a frame adjacent tothc mandrel carrier. On the next step the mandrel pulleys are brought into contact with I vthe belt 93 and as the shaft 56 causes the of the cam groove '81 in the disk 82, which is carried by the shaft 83. This will advance the table or plate 62 upon which is mounted the rotating cutters 69 and cause them to enage the tubes. The mandrels and saws ioth rotating will cause the tubes to revolve and thereby cut them. After being cut, the saw frame is retracted by the continuous o oration of the cam 81 and the machine Wlll advance to the next step. As the mandrel holder advances to its final position, the rib- 109 of the finger 108 will enter the grooves 101 in the pulleys 100. The segment 1. 15 being set-in operation will cause t e pinion 113 to move the rack 106 back. This movement will withdraw the mandrels from the cut tubes and carry. them back until their ends enter the sockets or cavities 23 of the disk 22.

This will allow the sectionsof the tubes to drop down and roll out'of the machine.

In order to produce an interval of rest during the operation so as to allow the knives to out the tubes, and insure the proper extraction of the mandrels,.Ihave' provided a locking deviceconsisting of'locking cams 128 and 132, constructed to operate as follows: When themutilated gear 127 begins'to act it will cause the gear 126 to start to rotate .the shaft 121. to operate the segment 115. The gear I 127 is twice the diameter of the gear 126 and has on its half circumference nearly the same number of teeth as the entire gear 126, so

that one half revolutionof the gear 127 Will cause a complete revolution of the gear 126.

During the other half of the revolution it will be seen that the portion 130 of the disk 128 will enter the cut away portion 131 of the disk 132 and lock the latter against further movement until the arm 133 is engaged by the projection or roller 134 which will cause the same to operate and give the disk 132 the same rate of circumference s eed as the or- 2. tion 130 of the disk 128, be ore the teet of the gear 127 engage the gear 126 to the same.

operate Having thusfully described invention, I desire it understood that I do not Wish to be limited to the exact construction, arrangement and operation of the several parts as various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new therein, and desire tose cure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. In a tube cutting machine,.a bodily nation of a mandrel holder and guide, man- I drel retainers cooperatin with the holder and means for shifting the position of the mandrels in the guide to alternately engage the retainers.

4. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a bodily movable mandrel holder and guide, tube supporters cooperating with the holder and means for inserting the mandrels in the tubes. I I

5. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a bodily movable mandrel holder and guide, tube holders coo erating with the mandrel holder and means or automatically inserting themandrels in the tubes.

6. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a movable mandrel holder and guide, a tubeholder coo erating with the mandrel holder, means or inserting and withdrawing the mandrels, and separate retainers for supporting the free ends of the mandrels.

7. In a tube. cutting machine, nation of a mandrel holder, tube holders 00- operating with the mandrel holder, means the comliifor laterally moving the mandrels with 'respect to the holder'for inserting the mandrels in the tubes, and means forpreventing the lateral displacement of the mandrels.

8. In a tube cutting machine, the combs.

nation of a mandrel holder, tube holdersco operating with the mandrel. holder, means for inserting the mandrels in the tubes, and a pawl within the path of the lateral movement of the mandrels. to prevent displacement of c the same. l 9. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder and mandrels mounted thereon, said mandrels being pro vided-With a grooved end, fingers mounted adjacent to the holder, a rib extendin from said fingers, means for rotating the ho der to cause the rib to enter the grooves, and means for moving the fingers toshift the position of the mandrels.

10. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder, tube holders co.- operating with the mandrel holder, rack bars adjacent to the mandrel holder, fingers car-' 'ried by the bars, and a pinion engaging the racks for causing the fingers to insert and Withdraw the mandrels. v

11. In a tube cutting machine, the combipinion, means f med-by the axle, one

supports e06 eratin adgacent to t e hol nation of a mandrel holder, tube holders cooperating with the mandrel holder, rack bars adjacent to the mandrel holder, fingers carried by the bars, for causing the fingers to insert and withdraw the mandrels, and retainers for sup orting the free ends of the mandrels in bot operative and inoperative positions.

12. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder, tube holders cooperating With the mandrel holder, rack bars adjacent to the mandrel holder, fingers carried by the bars, a pinion engaging the racks or causing the fingers to insert and withdraw the mandrels, retainers for alternately supporting the free ends of the mandrels, gears carried by the mandrelholder, retainers, and tube holders, and means for driving said gears to operate the holders and retainer in unison.

13. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a hollow axle, a mandrel holder reyolving on said axle, tube holders cooperatmg with the mandrelholder, and means for operating the holders, racks sliding Within the axle, means connected with the racks to cause the insertion and withdrawal of the mandrels, and means for operating the racks;

14. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder and uide, tube supports coo eratin with the hdlder, racks ad acent to t e hol er, an axle, pinions carof said pinions engaging the racks, a pivoted se ent, engaging the other pinion and means ior operating the segment to shift the mandrels. p

15. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder and guide, tube supports coo eratin with the holder, racks ad acent to t e hol er, a shaft, pinions carried thereby, one of said pinions engaging the racks, a pivoted se ent engaging the other pinion and means or intermittently operatmg the segment to shift the Inandrels,

16. In a tu cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder and guide, tube with the holder, racks er, a shaft, pinions carried thereby, one of said pinions engaging the racks, a pivoted segment engaging the other or operating tie segment to shift the mandrels, and means for locking the 1 segment.

17. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder and guide, tube supports, mandrel shifting fingers, and means for moving the fin carried by the she of a larger diameter than the other, a portion of the periphery of the larger disk bein ex I tended,

a cutaway portion in the perip ery of the smaller disk, adapted to receive the extended portion of the lar er disk,- means for transmitting motion to 31 a pinion engaging the racks ers, a pair'of shafts, disks ts, one of said disks being. ratchet connected to one e disks, and a connection between the smaller disk and the nger operating mechanism.

1 8. In' a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder, tube supporters, mandrel shiftingfingers and means for moving the fingers, a pair 0 shafts, disks carried by the shafts, one of said disks being of a larger diameter than the other, an extended portion on the periphery of the larger disk, a recess in the smaller disk adapted to receive the extendedportion, a gear and arm carried by the smaller disk shaft, amutilated gear carried by the larger disk shaft, and en aging the smal er gear, a projection carried y the larger ear and adapted to engage the arm, means or operating the gears and means for transmitting motion from the smaller disk shaft to the finger operating mechanism.

19. In a tube cuttin machine, the combination of a mandrel ho der, tube supporters, cooperating with the holder, and means for simultaneously moving the holder and supporters, a ratchet connected to one of t e elders, a pivoted arm, an operating pawl carried by the arm, and adapted to engage the ratchet, a retaining pawl, and means for moving the operating pawl to cause the intermittent rotation of the holders.

20. In a tube cutting machine, the combi- I nation of a mandrel holder, tube supporters cdoperating with the holders, and means -for simultaneously rotating the holders, a ratchet carried by one of the holders, an arm, an operating pawl carried by the arm, a retaining pawl, means for transmitting motion to the arm to cause an intermittent rotation of the holders, and means for positively ex tracting the operating pawl and seating the retaining paw 21. In a tube cutting machine, the qombination of a mandrel and tube holder, and means for simultaneously operating the same, a ratchet, a pivoted arm, an operating pawl carried thereby, and a retaining pawl, both adapted to engage the ratchet, and means for transmitting intermittent motion to the arm, teeth carried by the pawls, segments engaging the teeth, a pivoted lever adjacent to the segments, one end of said lever engaging the retaining pawl segment, an arm carried by the lever and adapted to engage the operating pawl segment and means for transmitting motion to the lever to operate the segments for withdrawing and seating the operating and retaining pawls.

22. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel and a tube holder, a of the holders, an arm, an operating pawl carried thereby, a retaining pawl, means for transmitting motion to the arm to intermittently rotate the holders, racks carried by the pawls, a segment engaging the operating pawl rack,'a double segment engaging the retaining pawl oted to the carria e,

- tion of means for supporting and seat the retaining pawl.

23. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of means for supporting the tubes and I means for intermittently advancing the supporter, a reciprocating carriage, a frame piva stop carried by the carriage to limit the forward movement of the frame, cutters journaled in the frame, means for rotating the cutters and means for advancing the carriage.

24. In tube cutting machine, the combinathe tubes, and means for intermittently advancing the supports, a reciprocating pivoted frame, shafts journaled in said frame, the shafts, pulleys mounted on the shafts, a belt engaging said pulleys for transmitting motion to the shafts, a pivoted lever, connected to the frame. and means for intermittently operating the lever to move the frame.

25. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of means for supporting the tubes and means for intermittently advancing the supf orts, a reciprocating pivoted frame, rotatmg cutters journaled in the frame, a pivoted lever, an adjustable link connecting one end of the lever with the frame, a cam enaging the other end of the lever and means for rotating the cam to move the frame.

26. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of means for supporting the tubes and means for intermittently advancing the supports, a reciprocating frame, adjustable bearings carried by the frame, cutter shafts mounted in the bearings, pulleys carried by the shafts, idle pulleys carried by the frame, a belt engaging the pulleys and means for movin the frame.

27. n a tube cutting machine, the combination of a carrier, mandrels mounted in said carrier and provided on their extremities with ulleys, a bracket, pulleys carried by the bracket, means for driving one of the pulleys, an endless belt carried by the puleys and in the path of movement of the mandrel pulleys, mandrels and means for tightening when the mandrel pulleys contact with the same.

28. In a tub; cutting machine, the combimeans for advancing the nation of an intermittently operated carrier, mandrels mounted in said carrier and provided on their extremities with pulleys, a bracket, dpulleys carried by the bracket, means for r' engaging the pu leys, and Within of movement of the mandrel pulleys, and

cutters carried by the belt 1 1 one of the pulleys, a belt the path means for tightening the belt to transmit motion to the mandrels.

29. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of an intermittently operated carrier, imandrels mounted in said carrier, pulleys j carried by the mandrels, a bracket, pulleys mounted thereon, and means for driving one of said pulleys, an endless belt encircling said pulleys, and in the path of movement of the mandrel pulleys, means for driving j one of the pulleys, a lever pivoted to the bracket, a pulley carried by one end of the lever and adapted to engage the belt, a cam lengaging the other end of the lever and I means for operating the cam to tighten the belt. i 30. ln a tube cutting machine, the combi nation of a mandrel holder and guide, a tube I holder cooperating with the mandrel hold- 5 ers, means for inserting and withdrawing the mandrels, and means for locking the said inserting and Withdrawing means.

31. In a tube cuttin machine, a combined rotatable mandreI holder and guide, means for rotatin the same, and means for longitudinally shifting the mandrels through the said holder and guide.

1 32. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a mandrel holder and guide, a mandrel retainer on each side of the holder and cooperating therewith, and means for shifting the mandrel through the holder and guide to alternately engage the retainers.

33. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a rotatable mandrel holder and l guide, a rotatable tube holder cooperating l with the mandrel holder and guide, means for shifting the mandrel through the holder and guide, and inserting the same into the adjacent tube on the holder, and means for l rotating said mandrel and tube holders.

34. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a rotatable mandrel holder and 1 guide, a retainer for the end of the mandrel spaced from the holder and uide and co- E operating therewith, a rotatable tube holder ll located between the mandrel holder and i i l 1 guide and the retainer, means for shifting the mandrel through its holder, and the adjacent tube in the tube holder to cause the end of the mandrel to en age the retainer,

and means for operating a l of said arts.

35. In a tube cutting machine, t e combin ation of a bodily movable mandrel holder and guide, a bodily movable tube support adapted to position the tubes to receive the mandrels, and means for longitudinally l shifting the mandrels for inserting them in the tubes.

36. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a bodily movable mandrel holder and guide, a bodily movable tube support adapted to position the tubes to receive the mandrels, means for shifting the mandrels l for inserting them in the tubes, means for 130.

lon itudinally moving the mandr'els for withdrawing them from the tubes,l;.and means for holding the mandrels against said longitudinal movement.

37. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a bodily movable mandrel holder and guide, a bodily movable tube support adapted to position the tubes to receive the mandrels, means for shifting the mandrels for insertin them in the tubes, means for longitudinafi withdrawing them from the tubes, and means stationary with relation to the mandrel holder for holding the mandrels against said longitudinal movement.

38. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a bodily movable mandrel holder and guide, a bodily movable tube support adapted to position the tubes to receive the mandrels, means for shifting the mandrels for insertin them in the tubes, means for ion itudinal y moving the mandrels for wit drawing them from the tubes, and means for preventing said longitudinal movement of the mandrels during a portion only of their bodily movement.

39. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a bodily movable mandrel holder and guide, means for longitudinally shifting the position of the mandrels, and means for preventin longitudinal movement of the mandrel r uring a portion only of its bodily movement.

40. In a tube cutting machine, the comy moving the mandrels for' M ii bination of a bodily movablemandrel holder and guide, means for positioning the tubes to receive the mandrels, means for inserting the mandrels in the tubes, means for 1011 tudinally shifting the mandrels to wit draw them from the tubes, and means for preventing longitudinal movement of the I mandrels during a portion of their bodily movement.

41. In a tube cutting machine, the combination of a bodily movable mandrel holder and guide, means for ositiomng the---tubes to receive the mandre s, means for longitu bination of an intermittently rotatable mandrel holder, means for inserting the mandrels in the tubes, means for temporarily locking the holder against rotation, a cutter, and means for causing the'cutter to enga e an uncut tube on one of the mandrels 'whi e the holder is locked against movement.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 19th day of September A. D. 1905.

, ANTON MILL.

Witnesses:

ALFRED HERHOLZ, PHILIP RENNER. 

